美国证券交易委员会（SEC）指控加密货币创业公司Unicoin及其精心策划大规模欺诈计划的高管

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）指控加密货币创业公司Unicoin及其高管策划了庞大的欺诈计划。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused cryptocurrency startup Unicoin and its top executives of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme.

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）指责加密货币创业公司Unicoin及其高管策划了一项庞大的欺诈计划。

The SEC alleges that they raised more than $100 million from thousands of investors using false promises about asset-backed tokens and inflated fundraising numbers.

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）声称，他们使用有关资产支持的代币和筹款数字的虚假承诺向数千名投资者筹集了超过1亿美元。

However, the assets backing these promises were valued at just a fraction of what Unicoin advertised.

但是，支持这些承诺的资产仅占Unicoin广告宣传的一小部分。

The SEC’s 77-page complaint, filed May 20 in the Southern District of New York, focuses on a scheme allegedly masterminded by CEO Alex Konanykhin and senior executives Silvina Moschini and Alex Dominguez.

SEC 77页的投诉于5月20日在纽约南部地区提起，重点介绍了首席执行官Alex Konanykhin和高级高管Silvina Moschini和Alex Dominguez策划的计划。

The complaint claims that Unicoin misled over 5,000 investors by marketing “rights certificates” as safe, asset-backed investments.

投诉称，Unicoin通过营销“权利证书”误导了5,000多名投资者，这是安全的，资产支持的投资。

The majority of the company’s sales of rights certificates were illusory, according to Mark Cave, Associate Director at SEC Enforcement.

SEC执法副主任马克·凯夫（Mark Cave）表示，该公司的大多数销售权利证书都是虚幻的。

Unicoin is accused of boasting $3 billion in sales while actually raising no more than $110 million, and its tokens, portrayed as fully SEC-registered, were never formally registered.

Unicoin被指控拥有30亿美元的销售额，而实际上筹集了不超过1.1亿美元，而其代币被描绘成完全注册的代币，从未正式注册。

Konanykhin personally sold nearly 38 million rights certificates, targeting investors otherwise barred by company rules, and these actions allegedly flout federal securities laws.

Konanykhin亲自出售了近3800万份权利证书，以公司规则禁止的投资者，而这些行动据称是Flout Federal Securities Laws。

Unicoin ran splashy advertisements on thousands of New York City taxis, airport screens, televisions, and social media platforms, promoting its tokens as secure investments tied to substantial real-world assets.

Unicoin在成千上万的纽约出租车，机场屏幕，电视和社交媒体平台上进行了蓬勃发展的广告，并将其代币促进了与大量现实世界资产相关的安全投资。

The SEC cites these widespread marketing campaigns as evidence of deceptive intent. Unicoin launched alongside a Shark Tank-style TV show, Unicorn Hunters, featuring Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and political advisor Moe Vela, who spoke to CryptoSlate at the time.

SEC引用了这些广泛的营销活动作为欺骗性意图的证据。 Unicoin与鲨鱼坦克风格的电视节目，Unicorn Hunters一起发行，由苹果联合创始人史蒂夫·沃兹尼亚克（Steve Wozniak）和政治顾问莫伊·韦拉（Moe Vela）发起，当时与加密饼干交谈。

Konanykhin responded defiantly, arguing the SEC’s intervention derailed the company’s growth trajectory.

Konanykhin反抗反应，认为SEC的干预措施使公司的增长轨迹脱轨。

“We would likely be a $10B+ publicly traded company by now if the SEC had not blocked our ICO,” Konanykhin said.

Konanykhin说：“如果SEC尚未阻止我们的ICO，我们现在可能是一家$ 10B+的上市公司。”

He described the charges as a politically motivated move orchestrated by “rogue officials” left over from former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s administration.

他将这些指控描述为由前SEC主席加里·加斯勒（Gary Gensler）政府剩下的“流氓官员”策划的政治动机举动。

This case emerges as a pivotal test of the SEC’s enforcement appetite under Chair Paul Atkins, widely viewed as adopting a softer stance on cryptocurrency.

此案作为对SEC执法食欲的关键测试，保罗·阿特金斯（Paul Atkins）的主席，被广泛认为是对加密货币采取柔和的立场。

However, the Unicoin charges suggest that significant retail fraud, particularly involving exaggerated asset claims, remains squarely within the regulator’s sights.

但是，Unicoin的指控表明，重大的零售欺诈，尤其是涉及夸张的资产主张，仍然是监管机构的视线中。

Unicoin’s general counsel, Richard Devlin, has already settled with the SEC, agreeing to a permanent injunction and paying a $37,500 penalty.

Unicoin的总法律顾问理查德·德夫林（Richard Devlin）已经与SEC达成和解，同意永久禁令并支付37,500美元的罚款。

This settlement hints at possible fractures within Unicoin’s defense strategy as the early stages of litigation could see Unicoin attempt to countersue or request venue changes.

这项和解暗示了Unicoin的防御战略中可能的骨折，因为诉讼的早期阶段可能会看到Unicoin试图反击或要求更改场地。

The outcome of this case raises questions over the future regulatory treatment of asset-backed tokens and influences ongoing congressional discussions about potential crypto carve-outs.

该案的结果引起了人们对资产支持代币的未来监管处理的疑问，并影响了有关潜在加密货币的持续的国会讨论。